{"id":129790,"date":"2023-02-02T03:00:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T02:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=129790"},"modified":"2023-02-01T13:43:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T12:43:42","slug":"belarus-nobel-laureate-and-opposition-leaders-on-trial-as-repression-hardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/belarus-nobel-laureate-and-opposition-leaders-on-trial-as-repression-hardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus: Nobel laureate and opposition leaders on trial as repression hardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In Belarus, police brutality, abuse of the court system, and the manipulation and repression of the public space is rife, silencing individual voices. The regime is using new \u2018legal\u2019 instruments of coercion to make a grim reality even grimmer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bielorrusia-euvsdisinfo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-129792 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bielorrusia-euvsdisinfo-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"bielorrusia euvsdisinfo\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bielorrusia-euvsdisinfo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bielorrusia-euvsdisinfo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bielorrusia-euvsdisinfo-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bielorrusia-euvsdisinfo-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bielorrusia-euvsdisinfo-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/bielorrusia-euvsdisinfo.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Nobel Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski on trial again<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 5 January 2023, the trial in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/euvsdisinfo.eu\/ales-bialiatski-jailed-nobel-peace-prize-winner-in-belarus\/\">politically motivated case of the Viasna human rights organisation began<\/a>. Three human rights defenders, each facing 7 to 12 years of imprisonment, are in the dock: Viasna chairman and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/euvsdisinfo.eu\/ales-bialiatski-jailed-nobel-peace-prize-winner-in-belarus\/\">Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski<\/a>, his deputy Valiantsin Stefanovic, and Human Rights Defenders for Free Elections campaign coordinator Uladzimir Labkovich. Ales Bialiatski was jailed from 2011 to 2014 on dubious charges and was imprisoned again in July 2021.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spring96.org\/en\/news\/110339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">treated<\/a>\u00a0as dangerous criminals in what seems an effort to maximise intimidation. They are caged and handcuffed, with two police units\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spring96.org\/en\/news\/110473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">checking<\/a>\u00a0everyone entering the court. A judge refused defendants\u2019 motion to face trial in their native Belarusian language.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Needless to say, Bialiatski was not given the opportunity to take part in the 10 December 2022 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony which took place in Oslo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_iblICjn9dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">propaganda report<\/a>\u00a0released on Belarus state channel 1 TV did not say a single word about the international recognition Bialiatski and his colleagues have received. Instead, it questioned their status as human rights defenders and presented them as \u2018criminals assisted by the EU who smuggled money to support the destructive opposition\u2019 in Belarus. A new low in the highly manipulated information sphere in Belarus.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.9988%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: double; border-color: #001f7d;\" cellpadding=\"0,5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/eu-fight-against-pro-kremlin-disinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/disinfo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/eu-fight-against-pro-kremlin-disinformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EU fight against pro-Kremlin Disinformation<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>More political prisoners, \u2018extremists\u2019 and \u2018terrorists\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The number of political prisoners in Belarus as of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prisoners.spring96.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">31 January 2023<\/a>\u00a0is at least 1,441. We have covered this trend\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/euvsdisinfo.eu\/day-of-solidarity-with-political-prisoners-in-belarus-27-november\/\">here at EUvsDisinfo<\/a>. The actual number of political prisoners may be much higher as it is becoming more difficult to monitor cases of politically motivated persecution due to increased secrecy during trials. In addition, repression does not stop when people are released. Once out of prison or police custody, people remain on the Belarusian state\u2019s radar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The machine of repression grinds on and each week new people enter the register. Since the 2020 presidential election campaign in Belarus ended with the state announcing falsified results, human rights defenders have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prisoners.spring96.org\/en\/table-convicted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">documented<\/a>\u00a0over 2,500 convictions and the ongoing prosecutions of at least another 3,500 people in politically motivated criminal cases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spring96.org\/en\/news\/110325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Viasna\u2019s December 2022 human rights report<\/a>\u00a0laid bare that a \u2018large-scale and systematic persecution of dissidents\u2019 has continued. The report documents the continued use of torture and other prohibited treatment during politically motivated criminal investigations. It also documents routine state persecution for protesting against the regime\u2019s election fraud, all under the guise of combating extremism and terrorism.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.9988%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: double; border-color: #001f7d;\" cellpadding=\"0,5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/euvsdisinfo-the-crystal-ball-of-wishful-thinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/bola-de-cristal-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"159\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/euvsdisinfo-the-crystal-ball-of-wishful-thinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EUvsDisinfo: The crystal ball of wishful thinking<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The extrajudicial \u2018extremist\u2019 list run by the Ministry of Internal Affairs currently exceeds 2,300 individuals, including a dozen journalists. Over 200 names were added in the month of December alone. The \u2018terrorist\u2019 list, which the Belarusian KGB oversees, now includes close to 250 Belarusians as well as several Belarusian groups and organisations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The regime applies \u2018extremist\u2019 and \u2018terrorist\u2019 labels to organisations, media outlets, books, and other materials. Recently, the popular Belarusian rock band\u00a0<em>Tor Band<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.zerkalo.io\/life\/30834.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">was labelled an \u2018extremist group\u2019<\/a>. The musicians and their spouses were arrested in October 2022 and face criminal charges in relation to their pro-democracy songs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The practice of recording \u2018repentance \/ confession videos\u2019, in which detainees confess to actions that the authorities consider offences, also continued. The videos are then spread online or used by state TV outlets to smear people and to instil fear. At least 52 people were victims of this outrageous practice in December alone,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spring96.org\/en\/news\/110325\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">according to Viasna\u2019s human rights report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>More information: <a href=\"https:\/\/euvsdisinfo.eu\/in-belarus-nobel-prize-laureate-and-opposition-leaders-on-trial-as-repression-hardens\/#\">EUvsDisINFO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Belarus, police brutality, abuse of the court system, and the manipulation and repression of the public space is rife, silencing individual voices. The regime is using new \u2018legal\u2019 instruments of coercion to make a grim reality even grimmer. 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